UVU PJST Research Toolkit: Databases


1	Database	Description	Topic(s)

2	AKUF Project at Hamburg University	Datasets related to wars since WW2. In German	Mass Violence
3	Center for Systemic Peace	Founded in 1997. It is engaged in innovative research on the problem of political violence within the structural context of the dynamic global system, that is, global systems analysis. The Center supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development. The focus of CSP research is on the possibilities of complex systemic management of all manner of societal and systemic conflicts. The Center regularly monitors and reports on general trends in societal-system performance, at the global, regional, and state levels of analysis and in the key systemic dimensions of conflict, governance, and (human and physical) development in the sincere belief that the foundation and guarantor of good governance is an active, informed public.		Center for Systemic Peace	Founded in 1997. It is engaged in innovative research on the problem of political violence within the structural context of the dynamic global system, that is, global systems analysis. The Center supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development. The focus of CSP research is on the possibilities of complex systemic management of all manner of societal and systemic conflicts. The Center regularly monitors and reports on general trends in societal-system performance, at the global, regional, and state levels of analysis and in the key systemic dimensions of conflict, governance, and (human and physical) development in the sincere belief that the foundation and guarantor of good governance is an active, informed public.	Center for Systemic Peace	Founded in 1997. It is engaged in innovative research on the problem of political violence within the structural context of the dynamic global system, that is, global systems analysis. The Center supports scientific research and quantitative analysis in many issue areas related to the fundamental problems of violence in both human relations and societal development. The focus of CSP research is on the possibilities of complex systemic management of all manner of societal and systemic conflicts. The Center regularly monitors and reports on general trends in societal-system performance, at the global, regional, and state levels of analysis and in the key systemic dimensions of conflict, governance, and (human and physical) development in the sincere belief that the foundation and guarantor of good governance is an active, informed public.
4	Civilresistance.info	Contains bibliography and some free ebooks content on the politics and history of nonviolence
5	Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland (CAIN)	The CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) Web site contains information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also some material on society in the region.
6	Conflict Barometer at The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research	The Conflict Barometer has been published since 1992 and is our annual analysis of the global conflict events and the main publication of the HIIK. Non-violent and violent crises, wars, coup d'etats as well as peace negotiations are observed in it.	Human Security, Mass Violence, Conflict Transformation
7	Conis/Kosimo database	The first edition of the database CONIS (Conflict Information System) had been devoloped in 2003 especially for the reasons of conflict early warning. It contains the data for the dynamics of development of more than 800 political intrastate and interstate conflicts all over the world since 1945, among them the conflicts presented in the Conflict Barometer (current status: Conflict Barometer 2008).	War, Conflict Transformation, Research, Mass Violence
8	Correlates of War Project	The Correlates of War project seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations. Hosts numerous data sets related to mass violence	Mass Violence
9	ECP Database on Conflict and Peacebuilding	The Database on Conflict and Peacebuilding is a tool which is meant to facilitate the analysis of international conflicts. The database offers information on approximately forty active armed conflicts worldwide, nearly seventy socio-political crises and around fifteen peace negotiations, where a specifically gender perspective is included.	Conflict Transformation, War, Gender
10	Freedom House Freedom of the Press Data	The Freedom of the Press index, an annual survey of media independence in 197 countries and territories, is at the core of Freedom House's press freedom project. The annual index contains the most comprehensive data set available on global media freedom and is a key resource for scholars, policymakers, international institutions, media, and activists. The index assesses the degree of print, broadcast, and internet freedom in every country in the world, analyzing the events of each calendar year. It provides numerical rankings and rates each country's media as "Free," "Partly Free," or "Not Free." Country narratives examine the legal environment for the media, political pressures that influence reporting, and economic factors that affect access to information.
11	Freedom in the World	Freedom House’s flagship publication, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. Published annually since 1972, the survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and 14 related and disputed territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World data and reports are available in their entirety on the Freedom House website.
12	Givewell	GiveWell is an independent, nonprofit charity evaluator. Unlike other charity evaluators, which focus solely on financials (assessing administrative or fundraising costs), we focus on how well programs actually work Ð i.e., their effects on the people they serve.
13	Global Nonviolent Action Database	The intention of this database is to assist researchers and activists to better understand the special features of nonviolent struggle that make it different from both violent and institutional politics.
14	Global Peace Index map	Use this map to explore the states of peace around the world.
15	Global Terrorism Database	The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2011 (with annual updates planned for the future).	Human Security, Terrorism
16	Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution	Database of graduate programs in conflict resolution. Hosted by the Center for Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University	Conflict Transformation, Education, Graduate Studies
17	http://www.compromisingwithevil.org/	Comprehensive history of Sudan complied by genocide and Sudanese rights activist Eric Reeves	Genocide, Human Security
18	Map of U.S. School Shootings	This map displays the casualties and fatalities in school shootings in the US from 1997-2012. It is based on data drawn from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence - an advocacy organization in the United States.	Mass Violence, Education
19	Minorities at Risk Project at the Center for Intl Development and Conflict Management	The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project is a university-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. The project is designed to provide information in a standardized format that aids comparative research and contributes to the understanding of conflicts involving relevant groups.	Human Security, Mass Violence
20	National Security Archive	Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets.
21	Postconflict Research Database	The Postconflict Research Database & Analysis Project stores cross-indexed bibliographic information on hundreds of journal articles, books, book chapters, and case reports that address the broad, interdisciplinary fields of postconflict stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding.
22	PRIO data sets	Replication data and datasets from various projects and programmes of Peace Research Institute of Oslo
23	Rand Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents	The RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents is a compilation of data from 1972 through 2009. We are still collecting data, after 2009, however it has not yet been added to the online database.	Human Security, Terrorism
24	St Benedict/ St John's Peace Library Research Guide	This guide will help you conduct research in peace studies. Use the tabs above to find information and resources. This guide will help you conduct research in peace studies. Use the tabs above to find information and resources. This guide will help you conduct research in peace studies. Use the tabs above to find information and resources. This guide will help you conduct research in peace studies. Use the tabs above to find information and resources. Peace Studies Research Guide
25	The Mural Mapping Project	The Mural Mapping Project uses geographic information systems (GIS) technology and statistical and qualitative methods of inquiry to analyze murals and other ethnic and political displays in West Belfast and the Greater Shankill Road area, such as memorial gardens, monuments, sculptures, and other forms of public art.
26	The Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence	The Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence (OEMV) is a regularly updated electronic database focusing on massacres and genocides of the 20th century.	Human Security, Mass Violence
27	TransConflict Reading Listv	TransConflict has compiled a series of reading lists which will benefit the work of organizations and individuals engaged in conflict transformation.
28	Transistional Justice Database Project	The Transitional Justice Data Base Project began at the University of Wisconsin in 2005 and is led by three political scientists: Leigh A. Payne, Tricia D. Olsen, and Andrew G. Reiter. The team created a global database of over 900 mechanisms (trials, truth commissions, amnesties, reparations, and lustration policies) used from 1970-2007. The main task of the project is to better understand how these mechanisms are used and whether they work, with the ultimate goal of improving policy. The team has published findings from the database in their book, Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy (USIP Press, 2010), as well as several journal articles.
29	United Nations Databases	Databases hosted by the U.N. related to its many areas of work
30	University of Antwerp, Peace Agreements Database on Power Sharing and Human Rights	As part of its extensive research on law, power-sharing and human rights, the University of Antwerp Law and Development Research Group has launched a new database on power-sharing agreements and human rights.
31	Uppsala Conflict Data Program	The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has recorded ongoing violent conflicts since the 1970s. The data provided is one of the most accurate and well-used data-sources on global armed conflicts and its definition of armed conflict is becoming a standard in how conflicts are systematically defined and studied.	Mass Violence, Conflict Transformation
32	World Inequality Database on Education	The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and wider life chances. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within countries, with the aim of helping to inform policy design and public debate.
33	World Values Survey	The World Values Survey (WVS) is a global network of social scientists who have surveyed the basic values and beliefs of the publics of over 100 societies, on all six inhabited continents.